What is But?
1.
A word used to delay the inevitable
2.
used as a greeting in parts of south wales(espescially beddau llantwit and ponty,it is meant to mean mate.
walking down a street.
freind, aquaintence,total stranger walks down the other side of street.
you:arite but!
freind, aquaintence,total stranger:ai!
both walk off
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3.
Something said to imply the before sentance wasn't worth saying!
I love you but, sometimes you just kill me.
4.
The new over-used but not yet killed use of the original meaning of "but". Used to start short statements with the intention of emphasizing ones point on a particular topic.
Usually said very quickly so it sounds like a mumble, and is recipricated by another sentence beginning with "but", this goes on back and forth for quite a while un till someone decides to say "i know".
"But i am"
"But he is"
"But its not"
"But i cant"
"But they do"
"But i will"
"But we must"
"But i know"
"But you did"
etc....
Sam: "Dean is the hottest man in the world"
Sarah: "But he is"
Sam: "No, but he is"
Sarah: "But he is"
Sam: "I know"
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5.
Bullshit Useless Thing. Almost everything advertised on The Shopping Channel. Other things that might fall into the BUT category are anti-aging products (you can't stop the aging process), 6 Second Abs, and social networking sites like Twitter. Taken from the Anti-Flag song "One Trillion Dollars".
Example 1: BUT = Bullshit Useless Thing
Example 2:
"One trillion dollars, what a bullshit useless thing
Woah-oh-oh woah-oh woah-oh-oh-oh
Fuck the world, a lot of people gotta die tonight"
-Anti Flag
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6.
the most hurtful word used to break a heart and just to destroy your being
i love you BUT i think we should see other people
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